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[cheers and applause] [ laughter ] and now there's mourdock. together i like to call these guys "team rape" which they probably wouldn't appreciate, but come on -- they're kind of asking for it. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] now we've got an important election coming up, so i just want to address my fellow conservatives who are running for office. fellas, you may not be aware of this, but in 1920 women got the right to vote, and since then, among likely voters rape's approval rating has plummeted. [ laughter ] i just want to give you a little vice on how to handle yourself if the middle of the debate debate or while casually talking to reporters, you feel yourself about to share your views on rape, i want you-- and this is important, so go grab a pencil-- if you're about to talk about rape, i want you to stab yourself in the eye with your pencil. [ laughter ] okay? really jam it in there. work it around back and forth up in your skull cavity, okay? see if you can sever the portion of your brain that stores the word rape. and don't stop unt
[cheers and applause] [ laughter ] and now there's mourdock. together i like to call these guys "team rape" which they probably wouldn't appreciate, but come on -- they're kind of asking for it. [ laughter ] [cheers and applause] now we've got an important election coming up, so i just want to address my fellow conservatives who are running for office. fellas, you may not be aware of this, but in 1920 women got the right to vote, and since then, among likely voters rape's approval...
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or pulled the pro mourdock ads. joining me is alex castelianos, and cnn chief political analyst, glor gloria borger. are romney officials concerned? >> you are concerned about everything that happens at this point in the campaign. they have an ad running in a state with mitt romney, they did not ask for it to be taken down. i spoke with a romney senior adviser who said they did test owning this after the whole todd akin case in missouri, and they say what they discovered, when somebody makes a stupid remark, they aren't going to blame mitt romney for it they feel like this story won't have much of an impact on them. >> alex, you looked into this in the past, have you done ads. do you agree it doesn't have much of an impact on romney? >> this too shall pass. it's more of a distraction, and that's the cost the campaign pays. instead of talking about the economy and jobs which is what mitt romney rather talk about, he has to spend a couple of hours discussing this. >> it's been a news cycle. we've been talking about th
or pulled the pro mourdock ads. joining me is alex castelianos, and cnn chief political analyst, glor gloria borger. are romney officials concerned? >> you are concerned about everything that happens at this point in the campaign. they have an ad running in a state with mitt romney, they did not ask for it to be taken down. i spoke with a romney senior adviser who said they did test owning this after the whole todd akin case in missouri, and they say what they discovered, when somebody...
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. >> i'm richard mourdock. i approve this message. >> cenk: shouldn't we support richard mourdock. he was in a debate last night. he said something interesting. let's see if you support this. >> i realized that god is a gift from god. even when life begins in a horrible situation of rape it is something that god intenned to happen. >> cenk: god intended to happen? wow! well, how about paul ryan, he doesn't support this radical guy, does he? you can see where this is going--of course he does. he said, quote please, pleads send us richard mourdock. we need this man in the united states senate. now, he said that in in the september 17th fundraiser, of course. also another man running for united states senate--these are not podunk guys in local communities. these are not bloggers. these are not tangential figures. todd akin is also run running for united states senate in missouri. you remember this moment, of course. >> you know, those ads saying mitt romney would ban all abortions and contraceptions seem a bit extreme so i looked into it. >> cenk: sorry, guys i meant to give you the q
. >> i'm richard mourdock. i approve this message. >> cenk: shouldn't we support richard mourdock. he was in a debate last night. he said something interesting. let's see if you support this. >> i realized that god is a gift from god. even when life begins in a horrible situation of rape it is something that god intenned to happen. >> cenk: god intended to happen? wow! well, how about paul ryan, he doesn't support this radical guy, does he? you can see where this is...
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mourdock's bill takes hold he would sign the bill. >> he has had a big advantage with men. could he build up enough of an advantage with him that women voters are not as decisive? >> polls show that there is a gender gap where women are much more geared towards the present. the look at the poll and you see that obama is plus 19 on women here and romney is only plus nine on men. so, what he needs to do is to get his numbers up with men in a state like ohio so that the gender gap with women is balanced out. it is not that he has to beat president obama when it comes to women. but he has to improve his numbers with women by a few points everywhere. that is proving difficult for him to do which is why in the last debate we've seen romney talk about his family, and his faith and education, an you know talking more about issues that women care about. >> alex, we are seeing some candidates distancing from mourdock i talked to senator mccain today. if he doesn't apologize, does the story continue? >> if there was something underneath it, then i think the story might continue. it is
mourdock's bill takes hold he would sign the bill. >> he has had a big advantage with men. could he build up enough of an advantage with him that women voters are not as decisive? >> polls show that there is a gender gap where women are much more geared towards the present. the look at the poll and you see that obama is plus 19 on women here and romney is only plus nine on men. so, what he needs to do is to get his numbers up with men in a state like ohio so that the gender gap with...
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mourdock and mr. mourdock is running for the senate, which has been the last stopgap between these radical policies in the house and these becoming law for women in this country. >> but just factually speaking, his position on abortion is different than mourdock's because he says in the case of rape or incest or life of the mother abortion should be allowed. >> he has said that. but he's also said that if mr. mourdock's position were to take hold he would be delighted to sign a bill that would ban access to all abortions. >> gloria, the gender gap, i mean, it does cut both ways here. romney's had a big advantage with men. could he build up enough of an advantage with them that women voters are not as decisive here? >> right. i mean, well, that's their hope, anderson. look, recent polls everywhere show that there is a gender gap, that where women are much more geared towards the president. you look at this poll you just put up there about ohio voters, and you see that obama is plus 19 on women here and
mourdock and mr. mourdock is running for the senate, which has been the last stopgap between these radical policies in the house and these becoming law for women in this country. >> but just factually speaking, his position on abortion is different than mourdock's because he says in the case of rape or incest or life of the mother abortion should be allowed. >> he has said that. but he's also said that if mr. mourdock's position were to take hold he would be delighted to sign a bill...
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new hampshire senator kelly ayott canceled a trip to campaign with mourdock and the governor urged mourdock to apologize. congresswoman moore, these guys are dancing away from this guy because he's embarrassed them. seems as you point out their platform, they are running away from the platform, from what paul ryan has said about personhood. how many times can they make deals with the hard right to get the support of the base of the republican side and then dance away from it when the lights go on? >> i just hope women of america are seeing that this is the dirty little secret inside of the republican party. they have no respect for women, no regard for women. they want to give rights to an embryo at the expense of women's health and women's lives, and they just want to get elected. you know, believe us for these 13 days, but i believe mitt romney and these senators i believe them for what they have said the first time. they have said that they would repeal -- >> congresswoman, you're an african-american, the 14th amendment came out of the civil war, an attempt to make sure the freed slaves
new hampshire senator kelly ayott canceled a trip to campaign with mourdock and the governor urged mourdock to apologize. congresswoman moore, these guys are dancing away from this guy because he's embarrassed them. seems as you point out their platform, they are running away from the platform, from what paul ryan has said about personhood. how many times can they make deals with the hard right to get the support of the base of the republican side and then dance away from it when the lights go...
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mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to run very far. he says mourdock's are way different than congressman todd akin. aiken talked about a magical uterus that could prevent pregnancy after rape. mourdock expressed his strong belief that god creates all live. what's unclear, whether any of this will affect the race between romney and obama. talkback question for you. do candidates' comments on rape and abortion influence your vote? facebook.com/carolcnn. facebook.com/carolcnn. your comments, later this hour. >>> hurricane season, of course, not over yet. residents in jamaica are ge
mitt romney has endorsed mourdock. here it is, for all the world to see. >> this fall, i'm supporting mitch arrested mourdock for senate. as state treasurer, richard worked with daniels to balance the budget and make government more accountable. as senator, richard will be the 51st vote to repeal and replace government-run health care. richard will help stop the liberal reid/pelosi agenda. >> now romney is distancing himself from mourdock's latest comments, but don't expect him to...
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mitt romney has endorsed richard mourdock. the question is and romney would not answer yesterday the question from reporters -- he would not answer whether or not he continues to support richard mourdock -- this is as bad if not worse than todd akin. >> i agree. >> bill: todd akin said there is such of thing for legitimate rape, and a woman's body knows when sperm is coming in but for -- for murdoch to say -- this was all a part of god's plan. >> this has always been an issue because i remember when i was younger, and i was going to church all the time i used to have sunday school teachers that would bring this up when i was a kid, about abortion is bad in all cases, it's all gods will. everything happens for a reason. and that is terrifying. >> bill: you talk to any rape victim and say this is all part of god's plan. this is something that god intended. that's exactly what richard mourdock said. you heard him say it word for word. it's like saying somebody was murdered, that's all part of god's plan. why waste any time trying
mitt romney has endorsed richard mourdock. the question is and romney would not answer yesterday the question from reporters -- he would not answer whether or not he continues to support richard mourdock -- this is as bad if not worse than todd akin. >> i agree. >> bill: todd akin said there is such of thing for legitimate rape, and a woman's body knows when sperm is coming in but for -- for murdoch to say -- this was all a part of god's plan. >> this has always been an issue...
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mourdock obviously doesn't. but romney's campaign is also saying they do still -- romney still supports mourdock and he's not asking mourdock to pull down that ad, even though democrats are pushing very hard trying to make an issue of that, saying he should -- >> is that a discussion still taking place in the romney camp, they are discussing whether they should try to pull that ad or are you saying that they have made that decision, that ad will remain, period? >> reporter: i'm told they made that decision, that ad will remain. but i'm not willing to say anything to put a period on anything of this kind of controversy, this late in the game. i think it really depends on how things play out. you remember what happened, different experience, remember what happened with todd akin and things changed very quickly. >> right. except he's still in the race, he's lost, you know, a lot of support, according to polls and he's lost a lot in fund-raising but is still in the race. meantime, how about for mourdock's opponent,
mourdock obviously doesn't. but romney's campaign is also saying they do still -- romney still supports mourdock and he's not asking mourdock to pull down that ad, even though democrats are pushing very hard trying to make an issue of that, saying he should -- >> is that a discussion still taking place in the romney camp, they are discussing whether they should try to pull that ad or are you saying that they have made that decision, that ad will remain, period? >> reporter: i'm told...
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but a romney aide says he still supports mourdock and romney will not ask mourdock to pull his tv ad endorsing him. wolf. >> dana bash, an important story. thanks very much. comprehensive report. polls show president obama running far, far ahead among latino and african-american voters. in our next hour we're taking a closer look at why he's not doing all that great with white voters. on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet in sydney... a desktop in zurich... and a telepresence room in brazil. the secure cloud helped us get some numbers from my assistant's pc in new york. and before i reached the top, the board meeting became a congrats we sold the company party. wait til my wife's phone hears about this. [ cellphone vibrating ] [ female announcer ] with cisco at the center, working together has never worked so well. >>> jack is back with the adequate cafferty file." >> why didn't president obama tell us the truth about what happened in benghazi. >> presidents think they can tide the truth from the american people. oba
but a romney aide says he still supports mourdock and romney will not ask mourdock to pull his tv ad endorsing him. wolf. >> dana bash, an important story. thanks very much. comprehensive report. polls show president obama running far, far ahead among latino and african-american voters. in our next hour we're taking a closer look at why he's not doing all that great with white voters. on my way to the board meeting... anne's tablet called my phone. anne's tablet was chatting with a tablet...
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what you just said about mourdock is a reminder. that isn't who the nrsc wanted, they wanted more moderate republicans, more establishment republicans, but they've not been able to police their own party, they can't. because the base of the party will lash out at them this is an anchor around mitt romney. one of the things our polling has shown is that mitt romney has better favorable ratings than the republican party overall. the democratic party has better favorable ratings than the republican party overall. i think there's a case to be made, if mitt romney does not win this election, there will be people pointing fingers at him. i think the fault lies with the republican party took its image, took a turn to the right as far as some voters are concerned in the middle that romney himself should be able to win. >> here's the thing. voters vote for people, not parties. so romney -- romney's on the ticket, not the republican party. >> i don't know. >> first i want to defend the gray-faced guys with $2 haircuts. >> where do you get a $
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mourdock to apologize. he hasn't pulled his ad or his endorsement. and that's because mitt romney has said things like he would be delighted to sign a total ban on abortion. so women should be very concerned about whether or not mitt romney would be supportive of their health. he's clearly, consistently, not been. he's embraced extremism when it comes to women's health, and the richard mourdock endorsement and ad is the latest example. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz joining us this morning. thank you for your time. >>> still ahead on "starting point," he claims his former employer fed on the fear of clients, called muppets. coming up next, he will join us to explain the letter and talk about his critics too. >>> christine, what's happening in business? >> bank of america being accused of, quote, brazen fraud. details on this big new lawsuit. you're watching "starting poi " point." questions? anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yeah. one phillips' colon health probiotic c
mourdock to apologize. he hasn't pulled his ad or his endorsement. and that's because mitt romney has said things like he would be delighted to sign a total ban on abortion. so women should be very concerned about whether or not mitt romney would be supportive of their health. he's clearly, consistently, not been. he's embraced extremism when it comes to women's health, and the richard mourdock endorsement and ad is the latest example. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz joining us...
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mourdock's, so it's the mourdock versus mourdock debate. itch one of the most independent voting records in congress. i voted for $2 #.4 trillion in spending cuts joining with my republican friends for the balanced budget amendment, voted for the keystone pipeline, against cap-and-trade, and i work every dwai to make sure that our -- day to make sure our veterans in south bend, and if i'm in the senate, all over our state, have a chance to get great health care and great services. those are the things that we're supposed to do. for me, like i said, the highlight of politics? it's seeing a young man or woman get into a service academy. it's seeing a vet come back and get their gi benefits. it's being able to go over to afghanistan and iraq and spend time with our vets and let them know that we care about you, we love you, and we want you home safe. >> moderator: thank you, mr. donnelly. we're done with the lincoln-douglass portion of the debate. back to questions from voters. this is from james, a retiree from roachdale. it's about term limi
mourdock's, so it's the mourdock versus mourdock debate. itch one of the most independent voting records in congress. i voted for $2 #.4 trillion in spending cuts joining with my republican friends for the balanced budget amendment, voted for the keystone pipeline, against cap-and-trade, and i work every dwai to make sure that our -- day to make sure our veterans in south bend, and if i'm in the senate, all over our state, have a chance to get great health care and great services. those are the...
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mourdock succeeded richard luger in a republican primary earlier. up until now he had been locked in a tight race. >> jeff glor, thank you. i want to bring back in john dickerson. john, this is one of those stories at the late stage of the campaign. could it cost republicans control of the senate? i mean they are so close to winning back the majority. >> reporter: yeah. they need three or four seats depending on whether mitt romney wins and then brings in a vice president who can break the tie in the senate to win the majority. this has been a close race, and so anything like this could not get off stride. the question is whether there's a model here from taking republican candidates and telling women they are out of mainstream on abortion. republicans did that in 2010 in colorado and in nevada. so that template worked in those cases so republicans have to be nervous it might work here. in the akin race while his comments in missouri did make that race close he's been able to recoup a little bit. it's late in the race here so it may be hard for mour
mourdock succeeded richard luger in a republican primary earlier. up until now he had been locked in a tight race. >> jeff glor, thank you. i want to bring back in john dickerson. john, this is one of those stories at the late stage of the campaign. could it cost republicans control of the senate? i mean they are so close to winning back the majority. >> reporter: yeah. they need three or four seats depending on whether mitt romney wins and then brings in a vice president who can...
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. >> mourdock from the 18? >> stephanie: no. >> something about that name, mourdock. this guy is going to be starring with ann romney. >> stephanie: would you like to hear it again? republican richard mourdock in a debate in indiana the other night. >> this is that issue that every candidate for federal or state office faces and i too certainly stand for life. i know there are some who disagree and i respect their point of view. but i believe that life begins at conception. the only exception i have for -- to have an abortion is in that case of the life of the mother. i just -- i struggled with it myself for a long time but i came to realize life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. [ whatever! ] >> so god is a jerk according to you. >> stephanie: guess what rick. you're here in time for more breaking news on the war against women. [ ♪ "world news tonight" ♪ ] nursing the gender gap is back. i wonder why. >> according to bill o'reilly, romney won. >> angry blac
. >> mourdock from the 18? >> stephanie: no. >> something about that name, mourdock. this guy is going to be starring with ann romney. >> stephanie: would you like to hear it again? republican richard mourdock in a debate in indiana the other night. >> this is that issue that every candidate for federal or state office faces and i too certainly stand for life. i know there are some who disagree and i respect their point of view. but i believe that life begins at...
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the question, though, is whether these comments are ones mourdock can fix. suburban women is what he would have to worry about to the extent that mitt romney has tried to distance himself from these remarks, moved back to the middle. this would be something if it became a firestorm in a national story it would reassociate him potentially with the very conservative parts, the socially conservative parts of the party, something he has tried to stay away from in the general election, focusing on the economy when it comes to women's issues and not the social issues, which are harder for him and for republicans more generally. >> john dickerson, thank you very much. >>> wall street is up this morning after the 243-point loss on tuesday. dow jones industrials have lost 200 points twice in the past three days of trading, once more a reminder that the economy is still the number one issue in the election. rebecca jarvis is here. good morning. >> morning. >> what's happening in the market? >> what's happening in the markets right now, $500 billion in value has been w
the question, though, is whether these comments are ones mourdock can fix. suburban women is what he would have to worry about to the extent that mitt romney has tried to distance himself from these remarks, moved back to the middle. this would be something if it became a firestorm in a national story it would reassociate him potentially with the very conservative parts, the socially conservative parts of the party, something he has tried to stay away from in the general election, focusing on...
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mourdock saying i believe if a woman is pregnant because of rape, it's a gift from god. well, obama, like you said, didn't wade into this. he jumped in hard. this is what he said about it when he was asked on leno last night. >> let me make a very simple proposition. rape is rape. it is a crime. the second thing this underscores though, is, this is exactly why you don't want a bunch of politicians, mostly male, making decisions about women's health care. >> what le politicians coupled he be referring to? he's making an attempt to point out that mitt romney's running mate paul ryan actually opposes abortion in cases of rape and incest. he's voted that way in the house. this is an attempt again by the president to sort of appeal to women voters. that gender gap has kept him afloat, although it's shrunk a lot in recent weeks. this is a good thing for the obama campaign. they want this in the headlines. one other quick point on this, on anderson cooper last night, john mccain who is campaigning in florida today said mourdock should come out and apologize for these comments.
mourdock saying i believe if a woman is pregnant because of rape, it's a gift from god. well, obama, like you said, didn't wade into this. he jumped in hard. this is what he said about it when he was asked on leno last night. >> let me make a very simple proposition. rape is rape. it is a crime. the second thing this underscores though, is, this is exactly why you don't want a bunch of politicians, mostly male, making decisions about women's health care. >> what le politicians...
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mitt romney has endorsed mourdock and appears in a mourdock ad. here's what the president had to say. >> i don't know how these guys come up with these ideas. let me make a very simple proposition. rape is rape. for politicians to want to intrude in this stuff, often times without any information, is a huge problem and this is, obviously, a part of what's at stake in this election. >> i think a lot of this also is the battle for the female vote for women voters and abortion is a topic that is of much interest to them and that's what this may be playing out as, carol. >> paul steinhauser reporting live for us from washington, thank you. >>> the 2008 republican presidential candidate is also weighing in on mourdock. john mccain says mourdock must apologize in order to keep his support. so far mourdock has only said he's sorry some people misinterpreted his comments. here's what john mccain told anderson cooper. >> it depends on what he does. i think it depends on what he does. if he apologizes and says he misspoke and was wrong and he asks the peopl
mitt romney has endorsed mourdock and appears in a mourdock ad. here's what the president had to say. >> i don't know how these guys come up with these ideas. let me make a very simple proposition. rape is rape. for politicians to want to intrude in this stuff, often times without any information, is a huge problem and this is, obviously, a part of what's at stake in this election. >> i think a lot of this also is the battle for the female vote for women voters and abortion is a...
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it comes to women preferring obama er him but this week, indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock talked about having no exceptions at all in the case of abortion. let's take a look: >> live is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation, of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> chris: senator johnson, mitt romney disavowed richard mourdock's comments and, he has tried to walk them back but it brings up the bigger question. why should a woman who believes of freedom of choice when it comes to abortion, why should she vote for mitt romney, who said he'd like to see roe vs. wade overturned and who favors cutting off all federal funding for planned parenthood? >> well, chris, first of all, i have heard one person talk about the abortion issue during the entire campaign. what people in wisconsin, what is moving the needle here is they recognize mitt romney is an individual, who when faced with the legislature controlled by democrats is actually able to work with the democrats and look at his record, versus president obama, who has
it comes to women preferring obama er him but this week, indiana republican senate candidate richard mourdock talked about having no exceptions at all in the case of abortion. let's take a look: >> live is a gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation, of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> chris: senator johnson, mitt romney disavowed richard mourdock's comments and, he has tried to walk them back but it brings up the bigger...
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mourdock has nothing to do with romney. >> mourdock has nothing to do with romney? >> stephanie: except that's the only ad he's done this cycle and he won't take it down. >> i love the fact he tapes the show, he doesn't even know the guy's name. >> if it was a democrat, he would have remembered. >> oh, what does this have to do with romney? he happened to cut the tv ad a couple of days before. the larger problem is that you know what does tina fey call him? the gray-faced republicans? can't stop talking -- who talks about -- whatever. they can't stop talking about rape during a campaign season. obviously the reason it comes up is they have adopted such a radical stance that yes it comes up during debates because reporters ask, is this really a republican platform? then they have to explain that rape is kind of okay or god's will or you can't get pregnant. it leads to this lunacy. tv jon stewart said it is time for another edition republicans said what about rape now? really? i thought honestly, one of the -- in a campaign that lacked courage in general romney preten
mourdock has nothing to do with romney. >> mourdock has nothing to do with romney? >> stephanie: except that's the only ad he's done this cycle and he won't take it down. >> i love the fact he tapes the show, he doesn't even know the guy's name. >> if it was a democrat, he would have remembered. >> oh, what does this have to do with romney? he happened to cut the tv ad a couple of days before. the larger problem is that you know what does tina fey call him? the...
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the discussion with mourdock was a theological discussion. a bad idea to have on the campaign stump. the bottom line is mourdock is pro life. he believes life begins at conception and so do i. mitt romney believes there should be rape and incest exceptions, he said that. people who were with mourdock will vote for him and at the end of the day i don't think this issue has any bearing on the outcome of the election. women care about the whole picture. they care about the economy, national security. we don't just think with our lady parts. we think with our brains and we'll vote with our brains. thank you both so much. see you soon. extreme weather warning as hurricane sandy sets its sights on the east coast. up next the fears that this could combine with a separate system and turn into the perfect storm. and the number of americans who may be affected by this. stay tuned. also, coming up, don imus reveals a shocking secret. he has a whole lot of heart. we'll show you what happened when my husband and i showed up on the imus show to discuss dou
the discussion with mourdock was a theological discussion. a bad idea to have on the campaign stump. the bottom line is mourdock is pro life. he believes life begins at conception and so do i. mitt romney believes there should be rape and incest exceptions, he said that. people who were with mourdock will vote for him and at the end of the day i don't think this issue has any bearing on the outcome of the election. women care about the whole picture. they care about the economy, national...
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, and we have footage of him standing next to mourdock saying he wants him to be part of his team. i would note here that that may have a small, admittedly very small, impact on the presidential campaign. if you have a couple of days particularly from the last debate in which mitt romney made the pivot, um, i think the most striking etch a sketch move i've ever seen from a very conservative stance to a moderate position, and the campaign theme is don't worry, you can trust us, that this does not exactly reinforce that message. it forces a couple of days where you have to focus on other things. and that also is something that's beginning to spill over into other senate contests where candidates are being forced to either get distance from mourdock or embrace what he said. and if you look at the statement made by john cornyn who's the head of the republican senator tore y'all campaign committee, it's a very uncomfortable i can't get distance from another nominee after we cut off todd akin but, boy, i don't want to get into this thicket at all. then if you pull out states like massach
, and we have footage of him standing next to mourdock saying he wants him to be part of his team. i would note here that that may have a small, admittedly very small, impact on the presidential campaign. if you have a couple of days particularly from the last debate in which mitt romney made the pivot, um, i think the most striking etch a sketch move i've ever seen from a very conservative stance to a moderate position, and the campaign theme is don't worry, you can trust us, that this does...
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i would just like to impose the question to all of the men about the mourdock question how would they feel if their wife was raped and you were forced to carry that rape with a baby and you are forced to watch that baby grow, how would you feel. >> stephanie: who is that behind you yelling? chatting with you live those are my grandchildren. >> stephanie: they are chatty. yeah, it is not just women offended. it is the guy with four daughter that called. you need to take care of your grandchildren. >> there is going to be a rebellion. >> stephanie: it's like an arab spring but with todayer will -- toddlers. >> i don't think they think through all that happens with rape. >> stephanie: oh know. barbara, hi, barbara. >> caller: hi stephanie, love your show. >> stephanie: thank you. >> caller: why do they have the right to send people overseas to defend other people's rights when they are trying to take away our rights. >> stephanie: that is exactly right. we don't follow some of the rules they expect in other developing democracies. we'll be back with more on the "stephanie miller show." s
i would just like to impose the question to all of the men about the mourdock question how would they feel if their wife was raped and you were forced to carry that rape with a baby and you are forced to watch that baby grow, how would you feel. >> stephanie: who is that behind you yelling? chatting with you live those are my grandchildren. >> stephanie: they are chatty. yeah, it is not just women offended. it is the guy with four daughter that called. you need to take care of your...
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mourdock has done that. but i think it was so refreshing to hear john mccain say that. he's the son of a strong woman. he's the husband of a strong woman. the father of strong women. the friend of strong women. and there's something about apologizing, admitting you said it wrong, explaining it. we've seen too much doubling down in this campaign of things that have been offensive or said in a wrong manner. i'm glad for john mccain. >> well, john mccain is a man of strong convictions and principles. he's also the candidate that four years ago denounced some of the crazy comments that came at those rallies. >> yeah. >> my word of advice, unsolicited as it is, is that there are millions of americans who are casting their votes early including now president obama. i would hope that most americans will take an example from president obama if they can cast their ballot early, i intend to cast my ballot before this nor'easter hit. god forbid if i'm unable to get out of my house to vote. but please if you can vote early, go and vote early. bring all the proper identification so
mourdock has done that. but i think it was so refreshing to hear john mccain say that. he's the son of a strong woman. he's the husband of a strong woman. the father of strong women. the friend of strong women. and there's something about apologizing, admitting you said it wrong, explaining it. we've seen too much doubling down in this campaign of things that have been offensive or said in a wrong manner. i'm glad for john mccain. >> well, john mccain is a man of strong convictions and...
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know is important to you, important to a lot of republican base and brings me of course to richard mourdock, the gop senate nominee who made controversial comments on abortion and here he is. >> life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> they're not going to ask mourdock to pull ads that romney's made on his behalf, but that mitt romney disagrees with what the senator has to say. >> what the senate candidate said is that the child is a gift from god and whether it's conceived by rape or not, it's still the gift of human life is a gift from god. that's what he said. i don't, he didn't say rape was a gift from god. you'd have to contort words beyond meaning to get that understanding of it. look, this is, you know, this gotcha stuff in the media is just that. it's just trying to play gotcha politics. i don't think anyone's what's going to watch that, i watched it, is going to think anything other than the fact he was talking about the baby in the womb was anything but a precious gift. thr
know is important to you, important to a lot of republican base and brings me of course to richard mourdock, the gop senate nominee who made controversial comments on abortion and here he is. >> life is that gift from god and i think even when life begins in that horrible situation of rape, that it is something that god intended to happen. >> they're not going to ask mourdock to pull ads that romney's made on his behalf, but that mitt romney disagrees with what the senator has to...
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we have todd akin in missouri and richard mourdock in indiana. those seats were looking in favor of republicans and now are less so. can you talk about where you think the tea party has struggled to get republicans elected. are they a drag on the ticket as some people are saying? >> those who think the tea party is a drag on the ticket are not paying attention at all. if you look around the united states, look at all of the new state houses that were taking -- taken over, the new governors and new senators. did we win every race? no, and we will not win every race this time. when won an enormous amount of seats in statewide elections. just because we did not win every race does not mean it was not a big way. people are worried about the debt. that is what the tea party is worried about. i see the way: on through 2012. i would be surprised -- i see the wave going on through 2012. i would be surprised if we did not pick up seats in 2012. >> what would be your advice for candidates coming out of the tea party when it comes to talking about social is
we have todd akin in missouri and richard mourdock in indiana. those seats were looking in favor of republicans and now are less so. can you talk about where you think the tea party has struggled to get republicans elected. are they a drag on the ticket as some people are saying? >> those who think the tea party is a drag on the ticket are not paying attention at all. if you look around the united states, look at all of the new state houses that were taking -- taken over, the new...